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AWS started as an open-source community project boasting contributions from over 650 contributors?

Recent post by Docker CEO Golub:

  There are over 650 contributors (95% of whom do not work for Docker, Inc.).

http://blog.docker.com/2014/11/docker-governance-advisory-bo...

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If you looked at volume of commits it might tell a different story - I'd imagine commits by contributor would follow a power law, so you might well have a project where 5% of the contributors made more than 50% of the commits, for example.

Take a look at the article, there is detailed comparative data on volume, response time, merge rate, split by Docker inc employees and non-employees.

That's a non-sequitur. Are you trying to suggest a relationship between an open-source project with many contributors and a requirement to avoid building a complete platform? If so, could you provide an argument behind your statement?

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